Orioles continue to be postseason underdogs

Our columnist Peter Schmuck wrote today that the Orioles continue to defy the odds -- literally.

Oddmakers, most of whom predicted the Orioles to be one of the worst teams in baseball, continue to see the O's as a playoff longshot.

According to offshore online sportsbook Bovada, the Orioles opened the season with 150-to-1 odds to win the World Series, the second-largest odds among all MLB teams only to the 200-to-1 Houston Astros, who actually turned out to be pretty bad.

But as teams have dwindled out of competition, the Orioles' odds have become more favorable. They had 15-to-1 odds before the wild-card games and are now 9-to-1 odds heading into the division series round.